Funny dirty little war torrent

Photos Top cast Edit. Rodolfo Ranni Llanos as Llanos. Julio De Grazia Garcia as Garcia. Ulises Dumont Cervin as Cervin. Emilio Vidal. Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'. Augusto Larreta. Rodolfo Brindisi. Fernando Olmedo. More like this. Storyline Edit. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. User reviews 4 Review. Top review. The dirty little war. Osvaldo Soriano, the author of the novel in which this film is based, got his title from the lyrics of a famous popular tango.

His satire was against the military regime that came into being after the second Peron government, a dark period for Argentina, indeed. Hector Olivera directed the film with great sense of style.

The screen play was an adaptation by the director and Roberto Cossa. The story takes us to a small town in the interior of the country where a man, who works for the city, has been singled out as being a communist and must be eliminated from his job. The mayor, Ignacio Fuentes, a man of principles, decides to confront the bullies that are trying to impose their own values and have the support of the big man in town, Suprino, who is dead set in purging the bad element from the municipal government, even though Fuentes, is a man that has followed Peron.

The confrontation turns violent as Fuentes and his loyal employees do the impossible to resist the attack Suprino, and Llanos, who is in charge of the army, start shooting with all they have. The hand of a strong man is behind all they are doing. Guglielmo, a rich and powerful man wants to have the rebels killed. There is a funny incident in which an aviator, Cervino, loads his small one engine plane with manure and flies all over the people that are fighting Fuentes and drops his "odorous" cargo.

The DVD we saw recently is of poor quality. Not having seen the original print, we can't make any assessments, but the story suffers as the dark colors predominate, leaving us in the dark during some key scenes. Guglielmi, the man behind creating the conflict.

The film reflects a sad moment in the history of Argentina. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. It features Federico Luppi whose stated liberal political ideals assured that he would have a lengthy period of cinematic unemployment. In all respects, this is a tightly made effort, not for fans of Evita, either the person or the musical feature. Since his overthrow in he had been banished from Argentina and the Peronist Party was not allowed to participate in elections. There were rumblings from the Montoneros and the left.

The speech had the intended or unintended consequence of encouraging the AAA, the military intelligence services and the police to hunt the Peronist left down. It was the official start of the Dirty War, which became especially murderous when the military took power in , lasted until and cost 30, lives. The title of the novel is taken from the lyrics of a tango sung by Carlos Gardel in the thirties and still known by heart by Argentines of all ages; it literally translates into a place or a time where "there will be no suffering or forgetting" and it is associated with Peron's return, that happens sometime before the action takes place.

The novel can be qualified as "perfect"; it is short and to the point, intense and deeply moving. He was an admirer but not an imitator of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and his writing style was seldom seen in Argentina outside of pulp fiction; relentless, nonstop action peppered with black humor, supported by spare, at times telegraphic dialogue.

Characters come to life through their actions more than through their words. Director Hector Olivera has done a very good job of putting Soriano's novel on screen, although some of the most violent action is better described as in the book than shown. The other actors are equally excellent. Most of this movies have been straight commercial fare, some box-office hits.

A Funny Dirty Little war is one of them. See the film, then read Soriano's novel if possible in its original Spanish. This film serves as a reflection on the chaotic situation that Argentina went through in the years preceding the so called "Process of national reorganization". The script is precise and compact; it doesn't waste scenes or characters and tells all it needs to tell in less than eighty minutes.

The story takes place in Colonia Vela, a small town in the province Buenos Aires. The year is , at this period of time Peronismo was the dominant political party and dissidents were persecuted. A left-leaning municipal delegate is falsely accused of being a communist and decides to take up arms and control the municipality, helped by a small group of improvised allies, to demand for his innocence.

What ensues is a useless and destructive conflict between the Peronist right and left wing that exemplifies the absurd nature of the internal quarrels that wreaked havoc and paved the way for the extreme right dictatorship that would take over the power in Argentina in This film doesn't just drive a message, but also showcase Olivera's direction, dynamic and spectacular, but without going over the edge and becoming ridiculous.

The script has a good dose of humor that is used to highlight the absurdity of the situation. This humorous tone is backed by the cast, overflowing with talent. All these aspects help to create familiarity and complicity with the spectator, this comfortable atmosphere is violently shattered in the second half of the film, moving the spectator and reinforcing the impact of the message.